HS code 0308: Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs
Heading 0308 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 03, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
0308Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
Place in the nomenclature: 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates > 0308
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 8
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 11
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 0308
- 0308 11Sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea) | Live, fresh or chilled
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live, fresh or chilled, sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothurioidea"
- 0308 11 00 Live, fresh or chilled
- 0308 12Sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea) | Frozen
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea"
- 0308 12 00 Frozen
- 0308 19Sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea) | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Smoked, dried, salted or in brine, sea cucumbers "Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea"
- 0308 19 00 Other
- 0308 21Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus) | Live, fresh or chilled
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live, fresh or chilled, sea urchins "Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echichinus esculentus"
- 0308 21 00 Live, fresh or chilled
- 0308 22Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus) | Frozen
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen sea urchins "Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus"
- 0308 22 00 Frozen
- 0308 29Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus) | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Smoked, dried, salted or in brine, sea urchins "Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus"
- 0308 29 00 Other
- 0308 30Jellyfish (Rhopilema spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, jellyfish "Rhopilema spp."
- 0308 30 50 Frozen
- 0308 30 80 Other
- 0308 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, aquatic invertebrates (excl. crustaceans, molluscs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and jellyfish)
- 0308 90 10 Live, fresh or chilled
- 0308 90 50 Frozen
- 0308 90 90 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.